Online event

Virtual Visit to Slovenia - First findings from the European Working Conditions Survey 2024 - key areas pertinent to Slovenia

As part of our Virtual Visits initiative, Eurofound organised an exclusive online interactive webinar with its experts, on First findings from the European Working Conditions Survey 2024 - key areas pertinent to Slovenia’ on Wednesday, 5 November 2025, 13.00-14.00 Slovenian time.

Virtual Visit to Slovenia - First findings from the European Working Conditions Survey 2024 - key areas pertinent to Slovenia
When?

Wednesday, 5 November 2025

Slovenian time

Start

13:00

End

14:00

Organised by
Eurofound in collaboration with Eurofound’s Slovenian Board Members and national correspondent in Slovenia

Event background

This event took place in the context of Eurofound’s ongoing efforts with key stakeholders at the national level to ensure widespread dissemination and dialogue on our research findings. 

Event overview

Slovenia does not conduct its own national survey on working conditions but uses the European Working Conditions Survey to monitor job quality and working life in Slovenia. This makes the findings of the European Working Conditions Survey 2024 (EWCS) particularly valuable for Slovenian stakeholders.

In 2024, the Slovenian Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities increased the sample size of the EWCS from 1,000 to 1,300 interviews to obtain a more granular, national dataset. This step enhances the capacity to identify challenges and opportunities which will help to further improve working conditions for employees and self-employed men and women. Eurofound’s virtual visit created an opportunity to explore results for Slovenia and compare them with EU-wide averages and developments in other countries. 

Eurofound has been monitoring progress in working conditions across Europe for over 30 years through the EWCS. The survey provides a comprehensive picture of the everyday reality of men and women at work, assessing job quality, analysing risks and opportunities, thus providing both EU and national policymakers with the evidence required to design effective policies.

The latest findings shed light on issues around workers’ health and well-being, work-life balance, the impact of technology use at work, gender equality as well as the implications of an ageing workforce and the twin transitions.

This event took place in collaboration with Eurofound’s Slovenian Board Members and with its national correspondent in Slovenia.

For any queries about the #Virtual Visits, please contact Bernice.Turner@eurofound.europa.eu


Presentation slides: First findings from the European Working Conditions Survey - key areas pertinent to Slovenia

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Eurofound speakers

Agnès Parent-Thirion

Senior research manager
Working life research unit

Agnès Parent-Thirion is senior onderzoeksmanager bij de afdeling Arbeidsleven van Eurofound, belast met de planning, ontwikkeling en uitvoering van onderzoeksprojecten op het gebied van arbeidsomstandigheden, met name de Europese enquête naar de arbeidsomstandigheden (EWCS) en de analyses daarvan. Zij is verantwoordelijk voor de buitengewone editie van de EWCS 2021 en voor de voorbereiding van de vragenlijst voor de EWCS 2024. Haar onderzoeksinteresses omvatten arbeidsomstandigheden, kwaliteit van banen, het monitoren van arbeidsomstandigheden, werkorganisatie, gender, de toekomst van werk en tijd. Ze werkt al meer dan tien jaar op het gebied van Europese vergelijkende enquêtes, in alle aspecten, waaronder ontwerp, ontwikkeling van vragenlijsten, veldwerk, kwaliteitscontrole en analyse. Ze is afgestudeerd in economie en management aan de universiteiten Paris IX Dauphine en Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne en heeft een postdoctoraal diploma in statistiek van Trinity College Dublin. Ze heeft onlangs online cursussen over kunstmatige intelligentie afgerond: onderzoekend leiderschap met MIT Sloan Executive Education en 'Les grand enjeux de la transition: re-ouvrir l'horizon, comprendre pour agir' met de Campus de la Transition. Voordat ze bij Eurofound kwam, werkte ze een aantal jaren bij de Europese Commissie.

Jorge Cabrita

Senior research manager
Working life research unit

Jorge Cabrita is a senior research manager in the Working Life unit. He is responsible for formulating, coordinating and managing European-wide research, and promoting the dissemination of findings in the areas of working conditions and industrial relations. His main research areas of interest include working conditions and job quality, working time and work–life balance, workers’ health and well-being, gender equality and the socioeconomic impacts of the transition to a climate-neutral economy. He is currently leading research on working time developments and on social dialogue and collective bargaining during the COVID-19 pandemic. Previously, he worked as a researcher at the Centre for Studies for Social Intervention and at the Research Centre on the Portuguese Economy of the Lisbon School of Economics, and as a trainer and consultant in the areas of strategic management, organisational communication, leadership and team building. He holds a BSc in Economics and an MSc in Socio-Organisational Systems of Economic Activity from the Lisbon School of Economics.

Maria Jepsen

Deputy Director
Eurofound

Maria Jepsen is adjunct-directeur van Eurofound en werd op 1 november 2019 benoemd. Zij coördineert de programma-ontwikkeling van het Agentschap. Daarvoor was ze directeur van de onderzoeksafdeling van het Europees Vakbondsinstituut (ETUI) en assistent-professor en research fellow aan de Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB). Momenteel is ze ook universitair hoofddocent arbeidseconomie aan de ULB en extern docent aan het Europacollege in Brugge, België. Haar belangrijkste onderzoeksinteresses zijn onder meer genderstudies, de impact van verzorgingsstaten op arbeidsaanbod, lonen en arbeidsomstandigheden, en de ontwikkeling van de Europese sociale dimensie. Mevrouw Jepsen is lid geweest van verschillende commissies, raden en adviesraden op nationaal en internationaal niveau op het gebied van werkgelegenheid, sociale zaken, gender en onderzoek. Ze was ook coördinator van het tripartiete raadgevend comité van de Europese Commissie voor gezondheid en veiligheid op het werk. Ze behaalde een doctoraat in de economie en een master in econometrie aan de Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB).

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